Tamworth Castle

Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. Before boundary changes in 1889, however, the castle was within the edge of Warwickshire while most of the town belonged to Staffordshire.

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  Ashby de la Zouch Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed ruins in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United Kingdom  

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  Caludon Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK  

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  Cannock Castle Ring ⓘ
  castle in the UK  

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  Tamworth Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Tamworth, United Kingdom  

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  Tutbury Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Staffordshire, England, UK  

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  Weoley Castle ⓘ
  remains of a fortified manor house, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

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  Dudley Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Dudley, United Kingdom  

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  Winterbourne House and Garden ⓘ
  Botanic garden in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  Arbury Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Warwickshire, England, UK

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  Battlefield Line Railway ⓘ
  Heritage railway line in Leicestershire, England

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  Birmingham Back to Backs ⓘ
  last surviving court of back-to-back houses in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, now operated as a museum

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  Blakesley Hall ⓘ
  Tudor hall in Yardley, Birmingham, England: now a museum

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  Chasewater Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in Staffordshire, England

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  Chasewater Railway Museum ⓘ
  museum in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Erasmus Darwin House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Lichfield, United Kingdom

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  Locksmith's House ⓘ
  museum in Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Melbourne Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Moseley Old Hall ⓘ
  historic house and museum in Featherstone, Staffordshire, England, UK

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  Museum Collections Centre ⓘ
  museum store, occasionally open to public, in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Museum of Cannock Chase ⓘ
  local museum in Hednesford, United Kingdom

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  Museum of the Jewellery Quarter ⓘ
  former former jewellery factory, preserved as a museum of jewellery making

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  National Sea Life Centre ⓘ
  aquarium in Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  Oak House ⓘ
  historic house museum in Greets Green, West Bromwich, England, UK

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  Sarehole Mill ⓘ
  water mill on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

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  Selly Manor ⓘ
  14th-century building and museum in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Shackerstone railway station ⓘ
  preserved railway station and heritage museum in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Shugborough Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Colwich, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK

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  Staffordshire County Museum ⓘ
  museum in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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  Sudbury Hall ⓘ
  country house in Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Tutbury Museum ⓘ
  museum in Tutbury, England, UK

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  Tyseley Locomotive Works ⓘ
  railway museum in Birmingham, England

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  West Midlands Police Museum ⓘ
  museum operated by West Midlands Police

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  Wolseley Centre ⓘ
  visitor centre in Staffordshire, UK

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  Bishop Asbury Cottage ⓘ
  cottage in Sandwell, West Midlands, England, UK

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  Aston Hall ⓘ
  Jacobean house in Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK  

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  Calke Abbey ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK

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  Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum ⓘ
  Grade I listed biographical museum in Lichfield, United Kingdom

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  Birmingham Assay Office ⓘ
  one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom

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  J. W. Evans Silver Factory ⓘ
  English Heritage in the West Midlands

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  Wolverhampton Art Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in West Midlands, United Kingdom

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  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum and art gallery in Birmingham, UK  

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  Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  art museum in Sandwell, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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  Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery ⓘ
  museum and gallery in Riversley Park, Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

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  Barber Institute of Fine Arts ⓘ
  Art gallery and concert hall in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Bilston Craft Gallery ⓘ
  museum and library in Bilston, Wolverhampton  

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  Dudley Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in West Midlands, England

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  Herbert Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ
  museum and art gallery in Coventry

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  Nuneaton Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Nuneaton, England, UK

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  Twycross Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Leicestershire, England, UK

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  Staffordshire Regiment Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

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  Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park ⓘ
  zoo

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  National Trust Museum of Childhood ⓘ
  museum in Ashbourne, England, UK

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  Black Country Living Museum ⓘ
  open-air museum of manufacturing history in Dudley, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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  National Brewery Centre ⓘ
  museum of brewing heritage in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK

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  Coventry Transport Museum ⓘ
  Transport museum in Coventry, United Kingdom

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  Lichfield Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in a church in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK

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  National Motorcycle Museum ⓘ
  motorcycle museum in West Midlands, England

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  Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park ⓘ
  Museum and heritage centre in Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom

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  Moira Furnace Museum ⓘ
  industrial museum in Derby, England, United Kingdom

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  Walsall Leather Museum ⓘ
  municipal museum in Walsall, England, United Kingdom

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  Aston Manor Road Transport Museum ⓘ
  transport museum in Aldridge, England

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  Cadbury World ⓘ
  visitor attraction in Birmingham, England and Dunedin, New Zealand

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  Measham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Swadlincote, England, UK

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  Soho House ⓘ
  18th-century house in Handsworth, Birmingham, England. Former home of Matthew Boulton, now a museum  

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  Hinckley and District Museum ⓘ
  museum in Hinckley, England, United Kingdom

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  Bedworth Heritage Centre - The Parsonage And Nurses House ⓘ
  museum in Bedworth, England, UK

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  The New Art Gallery Walsall ⓘ
  Modern and contemporary art gallery in Walsall, England, United Kingdom

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  Pen Museum ⓘ
  museum recording the history of pen making, in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Thinktank ⓘ
  Science museum  

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  Coventry Watch Museum ⓘ
  museum in Coventry, England, UK

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  Sharpe's Pottery Museum ⓘ
  museum in Swadlincote, England, United Kingdom

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  Robert Peel Society & Police Museum ⓘ
  museum in Tamworth, England, UK

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  Sir John Moore Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Appleby Magna, England, UK

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  Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum ⓘ
  museum in Lichfield, England, UK

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  Eastside Projects ⓘ
  artist-run free public space

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  The Coventry Music Museum ⓘ
  museum in Coventry, England, UK

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  Warwickshire County Cricket Club Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edgbaston, England, UK

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  Dudley Canal and Caverns ⓘ
  museum in Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK

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  Phil Silvers Archival Museum ⓘ
  private museum in Coventry, England

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1877 Birmingham Assay Office

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1881 J. W. Evans Silver Factory

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1885 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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1891 Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery

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1917 Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

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1932 Barber Institute of Fine Arts

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1937 Bilston Craft Gallery

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1937 Dudley Zoo

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1939 Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

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1954 Nuneaton Heritage Centre

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1963 Twycross Zoo

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1969 Staffordshire Regiment Museum

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1974 Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park

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1974 National Trust Museum of Childhood

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1975 Black Country Living Museum

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1977 National Brewery Centre

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1980 Coventry Transport Museum

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1981 Lichfield Heritage Centre

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1984 National Motorcycle Museum

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1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

1985 Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park

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1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

1985 Moira Furnace Museum

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1988 Walsall Leather Museum

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1988 Aston Manor Road Transport Museum

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1990 Cadbury World

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1992 Measham Museum

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1995 Soho House

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1996 Hinckley and District Museum

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2000 Bedworth Heritage Centre - The Parsonage And Nurses House

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2000 The New Art Gallery Walsall

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2001 Pen Museum

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2001 Thinktank

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2003 Coventry Watch Museum

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2003 Sharpe's Pottery Museum

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2004 Robert Peel Society & Police Museum

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2004 Sir John Moore Heritage Centre

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2005 Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum

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2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

2008 Eastside Projects

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2010 The Coventry Music Museum

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2012 Warwickshire County Cricket Club Museum

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2015 Dudley Canal and Caverns

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2015 Phil Silvers Archival Museum

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Frameless

Edmund John Niemann (1813-1876) - The Coming Storm - PCF7 - Tamworth Castle

Mary Beale (1633-1699) (attributed to) - Lady Mary Gough (1657–1722) - 1989.1 - Tamworth Castle

Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - Martha Willington - PCF10 - Tamworth Castle

Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) (style of) - George Ferrers Townshend (1778–1855), 3rd Marquis Townshend - 1991.185 - Tamworth Castle

Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (after) - Crucifixion - PCF1 - Tamworth Castle

Richard Whitford (c.1821-1890) - Bull, 'Champion' - 1967.51.1 - Tamworth Castle

William Etty (1787-1849) - A Child Asleep - 1923.1.5 - Tamworth Castle

Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) (circle of) - Ecce Homo - 1923.1.3 - Tamworth Castle

Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) (style of) - Sarah Dunn-Gardner Townshend (c.1786–1858), Marchioness Townshend (wife of George Ferrers Townshend) - 1991.186 - Tamworth Castle

Henry Lark I Pratt (1805-1873) - St Editha's Church and the Old Paregoric Shop, Tamworth - 2003.8.1 - Tamworth Castle

• The Timber Frame of the Hall at Tamworth Castle, Staffordshire, and its Context - , Q1860, 1983
• The history of the town and castle of Tamworth - book published in 1845

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Structurae page@		Wikidata
link	page		Historic England research records page@		Wikidata
link	page		Gatehouse Gazetteer page@		Wikidata
link	page		CastlesFortsBattles page@		Wikidata
site	castle		Ashby de la Zouch Castle	castle, ruins	Wikidata
site	castle		Caludon Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle		Cannock Castle Ring	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Tamworth Castle	castle, historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Tutbury Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Weoley Castle	ruins, archaeological site, archaeological museum, fortified manor house	Wikidata
site	castle	1070	Dudley Castle	castle, archaeological site, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	garden	1903	Winterbourne House and Garden	botanical garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Arbury Hall	historic house museum, English country house, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Battlefield Line Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Birmingham Back to Backs	back-to-back houses, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Blakesley Hall	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chasewater Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Chasewater Railway Museum	independent museum, railway museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Erasmus Darwin House	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Locksmith's House	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Melbourne Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Moseley Old Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum Collections Centre	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Cannock Chase	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of the Jewellery Quarter	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		National Sea Life Centre	zoo, public aquarium	Wikidata
site	museum		Oak House	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Sarehole Mill	museum, watermill, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Selly Manor	historic house museum, manor house, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Shackerstone railway station	museum, railway station	Wikidata
site	museum		Shugborough Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Staffordshire County Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Sudbury Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tutbury Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Tyseley Locomotive Works	museum, motive power depot	Wikidata
site	museum		West Midlands Police Museum	museum, police museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Wolseley Centre	nature reserve, visitor center	Wikidata
site	museum	1600	Bishop Asbury Cottage	cottage, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1635	Aston Hall	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1704	Calke Abbey	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1707	Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum	historic house museum, biographical museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	Birmingham Assay Office	museum, building, Assay office	Wikidata
site	museum	1881	J. W. Evans Silver Factory	museum, factory, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Wolverhampton Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1885	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1891	Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1917	Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery	local authority museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1932	Barber Institute of Fine Arts	art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	Bilston Craft Gallery	public library, museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	Dudley Zoo	zoo, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum	1939	Herbert Art Gallery and Museum	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Nuneaton Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1963	Twycross Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1969	Staffordshire Regiment Museum	independent museum, regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	National Trust Museum of Childhood	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Black Country Living Museum	open-air museum, living museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	National Brewery Centre	food and drink museum, corporate museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Coventry Transport Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Lichfield Heritage Centre	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	National Motorcycle Museum	national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Heritage Park	heritage center, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Moira Furnace Museum	museum, independent museum, industry museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Walsall Leather Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Aston Manor Road Transport Museum	transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Cadbury World	commercial museum, chocolate museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1992	Measham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Soho House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Hinckley and District Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Bedworth Heritage Centre - The Parsonage And Nurses House	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	The New Art Gallery Walsall	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Pen Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Thinktank	science museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Coventry Watch Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Sharpe's Pottery Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Robert Peel Society & Police Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Sir John Moore Heritage Centre	heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2008	Eastside Projects	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	The Coventry Music Museum	music museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2012	Warwickshire County Cricket Club Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Dudley Canal and Caverns	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Phil Silvers Archival Museum	private museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Edmund John Niemann (1813-1876) - The Coming Storm - PCF7 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Mary Beale (1633-1699) (attributed to) - Lady Mary Gough (1657–1722) - 1989.1 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - Martha Willington - PCF10 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) (style of) - George Ferrers Townshend (1778–1855), 3rd Marquis Townshend - 1991.185 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) (after) - Crucifixion - PCF1 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Richard Whitford (c.1821-1890) - Bull, 'Champion' - 1967.51.1 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		William Etty (1787-1849) - A Child Asleep - 1923.1.5 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) (circle of) - Ecce Homo - 1923.1.3 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) (style of) - Sarah Dunn-Gardner Townshend (c.1786–1858), Marchioness Townshend (wife of George Ferrers Townshend) - 1991.186 - Tamworth Castle		Commons
commons	image		Henry Lark I Pratt (1805-1873) - St Editha's Church and the Old Paregoric Shop, Tamworth - 2003.8.1 - Tamworth Castle		Commons